How to enable Subversion (SVN) in Eclipse IDE

Eclipse IDE has build-in integration with Concurrent Versions System (CVS), but not Subversion (SVN). Here’s a guide to show you how to make Eclipse IDE support Subversion (SVN) via Subclipse plugin.

1. Subclipse Plugin

Visit this link : http://subclipse.tigris.org/ , click on the “Download and Install” tab. Get the “Eclipse update site URL” for Subclipse plugin, for example http://subclipse.tigris.org/update_1.6.x

2. Eclipse IDE

In Eclipse IDE (Helios version), top menu, select “Help” –> “Install New Software…”. And puts http://subclipse.tigris.org/update_1.6.x in the “work with” textbox and click on the “Add” button. Select all components and install it.

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Restart Eclipse IDE to take effect.

3. Test SVN in Eclipse

Eclipse IDE, top menu, select “Windows” –> “Open Perspective” –> “Other…”, choose “SVN Repositories“.

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Now, you can perform SVN functionality in this “SVN Repositories” perspective.

13 comments on “How to enable Subversion (SVN) in Eclipse IDE

  1. Team ,

    Am getting this error while check in can anybosy help me 🙂

    svn: Server sent unexpected return value (500 Internal Server Error) in response to POST request for ‘/svn/***/!svn/me’

    Thanks,
    Maddy

  2. Hi Mkyong I want maintain both SVN server as well client can you please tell the requirements for this and here I have not taken any external server based on SVN server port number I need to provide URL to access the code from trunk and branch after install both eclipse plugin and SVN server software I got following Exception and I don’t know how to place code into repository…Could you please send me some explanation and requirements of software’s and steps to install SVN server and client

    Exception is:
    Command: Import C:\Users\Nani\Desktop to http://ipaddress:port/Users/Nani/System/wmb/Tasks
    Error: Unable to connect to a repository at URL
    Error: ‘http://ipaddress:port/Users/Nani/System/wmb/Tasks’
    Error: OPTIONS of ‘http://ipaddress:port/Users/Nani/System/wmb/Tasks’: could not
    Error: connect to server (http://ipaddress:port)
    Completed!:

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